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Germany
Bavaria
Lower Franconia
Kitzingen
Iphofen

View from the Schwanberg – Speckfeld Castle — Tower Ruin loop from Iphofen

Routes
Mountain biking trails
Germany
Bavaria
Lower Franconia
Kitzingen
Iphofen

View from the Schwanberg – Speckfeld Castle — Tower Ruin loop from Iphofen

Hard

4.8

(56)

150

riders

View from the Schwanberg – Speckfeld Castle — Tower Ruin loop from Iphofen

03:39

41.6km

760m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 22, 2026

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Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

After 3.40 km for 149 m

Waypoints

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Start point

Train Station

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1.41 km

Historic town center of Iphofen

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The fact that Iphofen is a wine town with culture can be seen omnipresent on a tour of the beautiful town. The more than 20 winemaking families with their wineries, …

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3.21 km

Vineyards Below Schwanenberg

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The vineyards invite you to biking. Then enjoy a good drink in Iphofen. 😋

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3

4.15 km

View from the Schwanberg

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The Schwanberg (until the 19th century also Schwabenberg or Schwam (m) berg) is a striking elevation (474 meters) of the Steigerwald in the Bavarian administrative district of Lower Franconia.

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4

5.64 km

View from Iphöfer Knuck

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Nice place with a good view

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5

8.83 km

Bibartweg Red Earth Trail

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Super Trail is really fun

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6

14.1 km

To the northeast of Markteinersheim, Speckfeld Castle was built around 1200 by the Counts of Speckfeld on the old Nuremberg-Würzburg-Frankfurt Reichsstrasse (today's B 8). It was first mentioned in a …

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14.2 km

Speckfeldweg Singletrack Trail

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Really cool trail for shooting. The entrance is immediately to the left after the ruins. First around the ruins 👍😉!

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23.3 km

The tower on the Schlossberg is only open once a year, namely on the wine hiking day in Castell, which takes place on the first weekend in September. Then you …

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41.6 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

32.1 km

3.68 km

2.49 km

1.68 km

1.21 km

468 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

16.9 km

12.0 km

6.84 km

4.32 km

1.15 km

382 m

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Highest point (470 m)

Lowest point (250 m)

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Thursday 25 June

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Comments

May 7, 2023,Trailrunde Schwanberg Castell MIT SCHRIEB
Finally took some time... also a bit of time to rant, as many people demand.

I've wanted to ride this trail loop for ages. From the base, that would be a 100km+ lap. Due to limited time, I preferred to glide there using cultural assets.

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Finally a round together with the boys again 😅 - it was nice 👍

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The tour was a dream. The last trail to Castell (approx. 1 km) can only be ridden by those who love mud and have good riding technique.

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How the vegetation has developed in the last 12 days is brutal. The trails are already as overgrown as they normally were in August 🌲🍀🌿🌳

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February 22, 2025,Trails am Schwanberg
Second day of the bike weekend 🤗 Today I followed a tour from komoot. Thank you for posting 👍🏻
It started off really well up the Schwanberg and to the monastery there. There were gradients of around 20%. The trail-heavy route continued through the adjacent Friedwald: Bibartweg Trail, Speckfeldweg Trail and up to the Speckfeld castle ruins. Then on to …

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Nice MTB tour, finally in a group again, to the particularly impressive spring pot in Castell 🥇😀

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